Improved weeetle-tbee hook



J. WOUD.

Whiffiletree Hook.

' Patented Sept. 22,1868.

Witnesses 0 ML 5Z4 JAMES WOOD, or UTIo-A; NEW YOR Letters Patent No. 82,469, dated September 22, 1868.

IMPROVED WHIFPLE-TREE HOOK.

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, JAMES W001), of the city of Utica, in the county of Oneida, and State of .N ew York, have invented a new and useful Improved Serpentine Whiflle-Tree Hook; and I do hereby declare that the fol-- lowing is a. full, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of the specification, in whichi Figure 1 and Figure 2 are perspective views, showing two difi'erent positionswhich the traces assume while the horses are backing. g Y

A O, in fig. 1, represent thegeneral position which the trace and cock eye buckle assume in backing.

, D is the whifile-tree, inserted in the hollow body of the ferrule or cap B, forming the base of the hook B.

A G, in fig. 2, represent the accidental position of the traces and cock-eye buckle in backing of the horse. B B represent the peculiar construction of my hook, and the ferrule or cap forming its base, rendering it impossible for thetrnce to become detached while in the act of backing the horse. The hook is constructed of" malleated iron, and a spring iuthe end is dispensed with.-

7 Claim.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is v I The cap B, with the hook B cast or attached to it, both shaped and constructed as herein shown, and secured to the whifile-tree in the manner and for the purposes herein set forth and described.

JAMES WOOD.

-Witnesses:

HERMON EHLE, GEORGE Bnucnorr. 

